How To Color Gemstones

With colored pencils

What you'll learn

How to color opal, amber, pearls, precious and semiprecious stones, cut gems, cabochons, and sparkling diamonds.

How to color on small and large scale.

How to color on different color paper.

How to pick the right colors for every gem.

Requirements

Basic coloring skills.

Description

After completing this course you'll be able to color any kind of gemstone in any color or size. We'll cover amber, pearls, opals, cabochons, various precious gems, and of course diamonds. I will teach you the importance of gem cuts and structure, and how that effects your coloring. You will practice on my line drawings of gemstones, and we'll discuss different styles of line drawing as well.This course is in four long lessons divided into short videos. Lesson one deals with iridescence, translucency and luster.Lesson two is all about cabochons and precious vs semi-precious gems.Lesson three dives into cut gems of various shapes and colors.Lesson four is the grand finale with diamonds. I've taught this course live and my students produced splendid results, so now I'm excited to share it with you.Please follow the lessons in order. They are built one upon another. Taking lessons out of order may be confusing.Don't forget to check the resource section in your lessons for color charts, color guides, practice pages, and gift coloring pages. As a former gem stone appraiser and a current professional artist, it is my absolute pleasure to teach this very detailed course. I'll see you in class.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 LESSON 1 intro

Section 2: Iridescence

Lecture 2 Opal iridescence

Section 3: Opal colors

Lecture 3 First opal colors

Section 4: Opal blenders

Lecture 4 Blenders for opals

Section 5: Opal highlights

Lecture 5 How to make opals look glossy

Section 6: Opal color chart

Lecture 6 Opal color chart

Section 7: Translucency

Lecture 7 Translucency

Section 8: Amber colors

Lecture 8 Coloring amber

Section 9: Amber blenders

Lecture 9 Blender effects for amber

Section 10: Amber highlights

Lecture 10 amber highlights

Section 11: Amber color chart

Lecture 11 Amber color chart

Section 12: Luster

Lecture 12 Pearl luster

Section 13: Akoya silver pearl

Lecture 13 Coloring an akoya pearl

Section 14: South Sea pearl

Lecture 14 Coloring a south sea pearl

Section 15: Tahitian pearl

Lecture 15 Coloring a tahitian pearl

Section 16: Pearls in a shell

Lecture 16 Coloring a bunch of pearls

Section 17: Pearls color chart

Lecture 17 Pearls color chart

Section 18: Lesson 1 HOMEWORK

Lecture 18 homework 1

Section 19: LESSON 2 - intro

Lecture 19 Cabochons

Section 20: Ruby cabochon

Lecture 20 Ruby cabochon

Section 21: Emerald cabochon

Lecture 21 Emerald cabochon

Section 22: Garnet cabochon

Lecture 22 Garnet cabochon

Section 23: Peridot cabochon

Lecture 23 Peridot cabochon

Section 24: Comparing cabochons

Lecture 24 All together

Section 25: Cabochon color charts

Lecture 25 Cabochon color charts

Section 26: Star stones

Lecture 26 Star stones

Section 27: Star sapphire start

Lecture 27 Mark the star

Section 28: Star sapphire first color

Lecture 28 Mark around the star

Section 29: Star sapphire blues

Lecture 29 Add darker blue

Section 30: Star sapphire texture

Lecture 30 Create a diffused look

Section 31: Star sapphire final details

Lecture 31 Complete star sapphire

Section 32: Lesson 2 HOMEWORK

Lecture 32 Homework 2

Section 33: LESSON 3 - intro

Lecture 33 Gem cuts

Section 34: Pear-shaped emerald

Lecture 34 Shiny emerald

Section 35: Heart shaped ruby

Lecture 35 Shiny ruby

Section 36: Radiant sapphire

Lecture 36 Shiny sapphire

Section 37: General rules

Lecture 37 How to color cut gems

Section 38: Large scale gem coloring

Lecture 38 Coloring amethyst

Section 39: Round cut amethyst

Lecture 39 Colors an effects

Section 40: Heart shaped citrine

Lecture 40 How to color a yellow stone

Section 41: Huge scale ruby

Lecture 41 Coloring a large stone

Section 42: Lesson 3 HOMEWORK

Lecture 42 Homework 3

Section 43: LESSON 4 - intro

Lecture 43 Diamonds and their cuts

Section 44: Coloring white diamonds

Lecture 44 Three types of drawings

Section 45: Round white diamond / greyscale

Lecture 45 Grey scale diamond

Section 46: Heart white diamond - detailed drawing

Lecture 46 Detailed drawing diamond

Section 47: Pear white diamond - line

Lecture 47 Line only diamond

Section 48: All three together

Lecture 48 White diamond review

Section 49: Orange diamond

Lecture 49 Round orange diamond

Section 50: Orange diamond pigment

Lecture 50 Orange continued

Section 51: Orange diamond shine

Lecture 51 Orange diamond completed

Section 52: Pear shaped blue diamond

Lecture 52 Blue diamond

Section 53: Blue diamond shine

Lecture 53 Blue diamond final details

Section 54: Lesson 4 HOMEWORK

Lecture 54 Homework 4

Any colorist who's interested in making gemstones look incredible.